12 days tour

Cycling Northern Thailand

$ 2,600 .00 USD

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Cycling Northern Thailand

This tour includes:

Accommodation

11 nights accommodation Laluna Hotel and Resort Chiang Rai or similarity The Imperial Golden Triangle Resort or similarity TEAK GARDEN RIVERFRONT HOTEL or similarity Phucheefah Hill or similarity Guesthouse Chiang Kham Grand Villa or similarity Phu Langka Resort or similarity Oob Kaew Resort or similarity Bo Kluea View Resort or similarity Nantrungjai Boutique Hotel or similarity

Transport

The air-conditioned vehicle, truck

Others

Support vehicle to carry gear, luggage, first aid for the group tour Entrance fees Airport transfer in/out Pick up & drop off at your hotel Water, snacks and fresh fruit for cycling days

Guide

English-speaking guide

Meals

11 Breakfast 8 Lunch 7 Dinner

Not included:

Others

Travel insurance Visas, tips Bike Rental Personal expenses

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Itinerary of your trip Cycling Northern Thailand

  • Day 1 Day 1: Chiang Rai
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 1: Chiang Rai

      When you arrive in Chiang Rai, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.

      Chiang Rai is a smaller and less commercial city than Chiang Mai and retains much of its original character and charm. One of its more striking landmarks is the Golden Clock; designed and donated to Chiang Rai by the artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, creator of The White Temple. At the strike of 7pm, a flamboyant light show ensues, accompanied by music. Other more traditional attractions include the Hill Tribe Museum and Education Centre, several beautiful Wats, Mae Nam Kok River, and a night market with free Northern Thai music and dance performances. At 6 pm we will have a group briefing.


  • Day 2 Day 2: Chiang Rai To Chiang Saen
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 2: Chiang Rai To Chiang Saen

      After breakfast, there is the one and only vehicle transfer of the tour to Mae Sai, the Northernmost point in Thailand. Mae Sai is a fascinating border town with a bustling market where you can buy an array of imported goods: cheap jewels (rubies, emerald, and jade)  from Burma, curio items, many of which are imported from China, fresh fruit, electronic goods, clothes and shoes, and sandalwood. After a quick look around, we will start our cycling adventure with a short warm-up ride through the famous Golden Triangle: the point where 3 countries (Thailand, Burma, and Laos) and 2 rivers (the Ruak and the mighty Mekong) meet! The English name Golden Triangle comes from a CIA memo relating to the regionโ€™s notoriety in the 1920s as one of the worldโ€™s most prolific opium producers, nowadays a tourist destination. Locally the area is known as Sop Ruak. The ride begins on a paved road through a scenery of gently rolling hills. We pass many pineapple plantations out our route to Chiang Saen. We will make a stop at the Buddhist Wat Phra That Chedi Luang  for a quick visit before following  the ancient Chiang Saen city walls into the town to reach our guest house. Chiang Sean is an historic city with numerous temples, historic buildings and ruins.

  • Day 3 Day 3: Chiang Saen To Chiang Khong
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 3: Chiang Saen To Chiang Khong

      Following the Mekong river, we ride through the lush jungle passing picturesque hill tribe villages characterized by simple bamboo huts on stilts. Under the huts, women can often be seen weaving and children play alongside chickens and pigs. We arrived at Chiang Khong, the border crossing point from Thailand, into Laos early in the afternoon.


  • Day 4 Day 4: Chiang Khong To Phu Chi Fa
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 4: Chiang Khong To Phu Chi Fa

      Today the cycling starts to get tough as our route continues the ascent to Phu Chi Fa, the highest peak in Chiang Rai province. Remember the support vehicle is on hand if you need to take a break. As we ascend the views are spectacular, and the terrain rewarding. Look out for children carrying baskets full of crops on their backs and give a thought to the fact that they donโ€™t have any gears and more than likely, no shoes!

      Phu Chi Fa is stunning and surprisingly chilly; it becomes very cold in the winter months. The diversity of insect life, flora and fauna make it a unique area of Thailand. Visitors are largely Asian, mostly from more Southerly Thai provinces; very few Westerners are seen here.


  • Day 5 Day 5: Phu Chi Fa To Chiang Kham
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 5: Phu Chi Fa To Chiang Kham

      For a truly exhilarating experience we recommend an early start at 4am, to make the trek on foot to the highest point of the mountain before sunrise. The effort is more than rewarded as we watch the sunrise over a mist-covered jungle with the Laos border and the Mekong far beneath us. When you return for breakfast youโ€™ll be feeling fantastic. Do not forget your camera!

      Although we make an early start, we have an easier day of cycling.  We set off downhill, hugging the mountainside and following the Thailand Laos border on rougher surfaced curving roads, passing Phu Sang Waterfall; a thermal spring that cascades dramatically off the mountain. Continuing our journey we reached our hotel in Chiang Kham.


  • Day 6 Day 6: Chiang Kham
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 6: Chiang Kham

      We can take it easy today and relax in our beautiful surroundings. Chiang Kham is home to many Thai Lue or Tai people, an ethnic group that originated from southern Chinaโ€™s Yunnan province and spread over many northern Thai areas. Most Thai Lue communities are now residents in Nan and Phayao provinces. There is a Thai Lue Cultural Centre near our hotel, where you can learn about the culture, traditions and history. There are also several local temples of interest: Wat Nantaram, Wat Phra Chao and Nang Din.

  • Day 7 Day 7: Chiang Kham To Phu Langka
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 7: Chiang Kham To Phu Langka

      Today we begin cycling a gentle uphill route following a snaking road from Yoan through a vast expanse of rice fields to reach our destination. We follow a series of rolling hills, some of them quite steep. There are many traditional temples and teak house villages in the area that we pass through. Around Phu Lanka, there is an abundance of wildflowers. Our accommodation tonight is simple, the main feature of your time here will be the stunning early morning views. You will also have the opportunity to learn about Yao culture.


  • Day 8 Day 8: Phu Langka To Pua
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 8: Phu Langka To Pua

      It is worth rising early this morning to catch the breathtaking sunrise. Often shrouded in early morning mists the stunning landscape of karst rocks, mountains and valley emerge with a quite magical aura; on a clear day, you will glimpse Laos in the distance. The area has been described as the Ha Long Bay of the mountains. Setting off with a drop downhill we have a challenging cycle today towards Pua, a small, busy town set in a wide, fertile valley with beautiful views to the east, of Doi Phuka national park where the peaks are just shy of 2000m.


  • Day 9 Day 9: Pua To Bo Kluea
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 9: Pua To Bo Kluea

      We leave Pua cycling through beautiful jungle greenery, beginning a challenging steep climb over the mountain passing Doi Phuka National Park, an expanse of evergreen mountainous parkland. For the final stretch of todayโ€™s ride, we drop downhill to the tiny Htin village of Bo Kluea in a scenic valley; we are now in the far northeast of Nan province, close to the Lao border. Bo Kluea in Thai means salt well. The village is built around two natural saltwater wells and traditional salt mining can be seen still in practice. Very few foreign visitors make it up here so Bo Kluea retains an authentic, unspoiled character.


  • Day 10 Day 10: Bo Kluea
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 10: Bo Kluea

      There are options today to visit Doi Phuka national park. A number of minority communities live in the parking area including Hmong and Thai Lue. As well as caves and waterfalls in the park there are rare varieties of trees that canโ€™t be found anywhere else in Thailand. The Chom Phu phukha gives the park its name, bursting into pick flowering blooms every year in February. Tree fern, Caryota Gigas, and Acer wilsonii are also unique to the area.

      Nearby is Nong Bua village set among rice-fields along the Nan River and home to an interesting way, a small Thai Lue museum and a classic-style Tai Lue house that is open to the public. Around 10 km south of town you can visit the three-tiered Silaphet waterfall.

      Also nearby is the Royal Phu Fa project, which supports Mlabri people, a formerly nomadic minority, who settled and learned to farm rice. In Phu Fa, the Mrabri grow tea and mulberries, and make handicrafts from bark which are on sale in the shop. At the Phu Fa cultural centre there is a walk explaining forest life and the traditions of the Mlabri people.


  • Day 11 Day 11: Bo Kluea To Nan
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 11: Bo Kluea To Nan

      Our route today from Bo Kluea follows classic twisting roads with little in the way of traffic as we head the capital of Nan province, also called Nan. For centuries Nan was an autonomous region with few links to the outside world. This beautiful town with many well-preserved temples is a perfect place to end our adventure. You will have time to visit Wat Phumin, the areaโ€™s most well-known temple.  Built-in 1596, as if it were on the back of two immense snakes it has four entrances, with a small corridor leading to each door. The interior of the temple is inspired by Thai Lue architecture. There are twelve teak pillars decorated with gold, black and red lacquer elephants to support the heavily decorated roof and some magnificent murals that still retain their original artwork. There is also an interesting national museum in Nan. This evening we will gather together for a farewell celebratory meal.


  • Day 12 Day 12: Back Home
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 12: Back Home

      The tour ends today. There will be a transfer to the airport for your return flight home.


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Experience Style

Experience Style

Mixed

There will be challenging activities such as hiking, biking, canyoning and trekking, but youโ€™re also going to have other means of transportation and relaxed moments to just chill.

Accomodation level

Accomodation level

Medium

This accommodation includes essential services like a hot shower, electricity, and a nice and comfy bed.

Experience Type

Experience Type

Small Group

Youโ€™ll be accompanied by a small group of travelers just like you.

Physical Rating

Physical Rating

Challenging

Long and challenging experience. Youโ€™ll be required to have good physical fitness to go on it. In some of these activities you'll need previous experience on similar activities.

Age range

Age range

Min: 18 / Max: 80

Age range allowed for this experience.

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